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Lou Stoppard reports on the Fendi show

Report by Lou Stoppard on 23 September 2012.

Perhaps the reason that this collection felt so great was its amalgamation of all the best elements of various other fashion top trumpers. As each look came down the runway I kept getting flash backs – Balenciaga! Celine! Balenciaga again! I wouldn’t call this plagiarism, but I would call it savvy commercial pragmatism. The duo had clearly studied other recent smash hits and then deliberately decided to work within those boundaries, hence why their signatures, such as the iconic Baguette bag, were stripped of all buckles and rework into modern, minimal Philo-friendly forms.